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eral, who was absent at the opening of the discussion, but came in subsequently.
I said to the Cabinet that I had resolved upon this step, and had not called them together to ask their advice, but to lay the subject-matter of a proclamation before them; suggestions as to which would be in order, after they had heard it read.
Mr. Lovejoy, said he, was in error when he informed you that it excited no comment, excepting on the part of Secretary Seward.
Various suggestions were offered.
Secretary Chase wished the language stronger in reference to the arming of the blacks.
Mr. Blair, after he came in, deprecated the policy, on the ground that it would cost the Administration the fall elections.
Nothing, however, was offered that I had not already fully anticipated and settled in my own mind, until Secretary Seward spoke.
He said in substance: Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture.
The depression of the public mind

g party.
As they approached each other, Webster, who was in fine spirits, uttered, in his deepest bass tones, the wellknown lines,--
O Solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
The evening of Tuesday I dined with Mr. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, of whom I painted a portrait in 1855, upon the close of his term as United States Senator.
He said during the dinner, that, shortly after the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg, the President told this story at a cabinet meeting.
Thad. Stevens was asked by some one, the morning of the day appointed for that ceremony, where the President and Mr. Seward were going.
To Gettysburg, was the reply.
But where are Stanton and Chase?
continued the questioner.
At home, at work, was the surly answer; let the dead bury the dead.
This was some months previous to the Baltimore Convention, when it was thought by some of the leaders of the party, that Mr. Lincoln's chances for a re-nomination were somewh

negation.
A narrative of quite a different character followed closely upon this, suggested by a remark made by myself.
It was an account of how the President and Secretary of War received the news of the capture of Norfolk, early in the war. Chase and Stanton, said Mr. Lincoln, had accompanied me to Fortress Monroe.
While we were there, an expedition was fitted out for an attack on Norfolk.
Chase and General Wool disappeared about the time we began to look for tidings of the result, and Chase and General Wool disappeared about the time we began to look for tidings of the result, and after vainly waiting their return till late in the evening, Stanton and I concluded to retire.
My room was on the second floor of the Commandant's house, and Stanton's was below.
The night was very warm, the moon shining brightly,--and, too restless to sleep, I threw off my clothes and sat for some time by the table, reading.
Suddenly hearing footsteps, I looked out of the window, and saw two persons approaching, whom I knew by their relative size to be the missing men. They came into the p

forth, but by circumstances which would ordinarily affect few men in his position.
The Hon. Mr. Frank, of New York, told me that just after the nomination of Mr. Chase as Chief Justice, a deeply interesting conversation upon this subject took place one evening between himself and the President, in Mrs. Lincoln's private sitting-room.
Mr. Lincoln reviewed Mr. Chase's political course and aspirations at some length, alluding to what he had felt to be an estrangement from him personally, and to various sarcastic and bitter expressions reported to him as having been indulged in by the ex-Secretary, both before and after his resignation.
The Congressman replied that such reports were always exaggerated, and spoke very warmly of Mr. Chase's great services in the hour of the country's extremity, his patriotism, and integrity to principle.
The tears instantly sprang into Mr. Lincoln's eyes.
Yes, said he, that is true.
We have stood together in the time of trial, and I should despise

n that line, than our Eastern commanders.
At any rate, he shall have another trial!
The result, close upon this interview, was the appointment of Fremont to the Mountain Department of Western Virginia.
While Mr. Bowen was in Washington, he drove out, by invitation one evening, with one or two friends, to the Soldier's Home, where the President spent the nights of midsummer.
More at leisure there than at the shop, as he was in the habit of calling his official chamber at the White House, Mr. Lincoln sat down with the party for a leisurely conversation.
I know, he said to Mr. Bowen, that you are a great admirer of Mr. Chase and Mr. Seward.
Now, I will tell you a circumstance that may please you. Before sunset of election-day, in 1860, I was pretty sure, from the despatches I received, that I was elected.
The very first thing that I settled in my mind, after reaching this conclusion, was that these two great leaders of the party should occupy the two first places in my cabinet.

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By the way, Garfield, said Mr. Lincoln, you never heard, did you, that Chase, Stanton, and I, had a campaign of our own?
We went down to Fortress Monroe in Chase's revenue cutter, and consulted witChase's revenue cutter, and consulted with Admiral Goldsborough as to the feasibility of taking Norfolk by landing on the north shore and making a march of eight miles. The Admiral said, very positively, there was no landing on that shore, and we should have to double the cape and approacto consider every such individual case, I should find work enough for twenty Presidents!
In my early days, I knew one Jack Chase, who was a lumberman on the Illinois, and, when steady and sober, the best raftsman on the river.
It was quite a trickers waited upon the Secretary of the Treasury and volunteered a loan to the government, which was gratefully accepted.
Mr. Chase subsequently accompanied the gentlemen to the White House and introduced them to the President, saying they had called